BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS
DECEMBER
10, 2002
The
Lassen County Board of Supervisors convenes in Regular Session on Tuesday,
December 10, 2002, at 9:32 a.m.
Present: Supervisors Robert Pyle,
Jim Chapman, Lloyd Keefer, Brian Dahle, and Everd McCain; County Counsel John
Ketelsen, County Administrative Officer (CAO) Andy Whiteman and County Clerk
Theresa Nagel. Following the flag
salute, the invocation is offered by Supervisor Dahle.
ANNOUNCEMENT
OF ITEMS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION
Chairman
Dahle announces that no closed session was held.
AGENDA
APPROVAL, ADDITIONS AND/OR DELETIONS
It is
moved by Supervisor McCain, seconded by Supervisor Pyle and carried to approve
the agenda as posted.
PUBLIC
COMMENT
Doreen
Zimmerman introduces herself and announces that she and her husband are the
owners of the Westwood Hospital. Their
plans are to turn the facility into a twenty room lodge, convention/community
center with large lobbies along with a steak house. They plan to offer ski and golf packages,
etc. The development will not be
dependent upon Dyer Mountain development as the area can currently support this
facility. It will be named Robbers Creek
Lodge and Steak House. She states they
might be approaching the County for Economic Development grants, but at this
time that is not needed. Supervisor Keefer
suggests she speak to the Economic Development Council so they are aware of the
plans.
UNAGENDIZED
BOARD REPORTS
1. Supervisor Keefer informs the board members
that he will be following up with arrangements to have Fish and Game Commission
Chairman Tim Simon meet with Senator Rico Oilar to discuss the shortage of game
wardens.
2. Supervisor Pyle announces that he had sinus
surgery last week.
3. Supervisor Chapman notes that Supervisor
Dahle will be installed as RCRC Chairman on January 15th. He commends Supervisor Dahle and encourages
county officials to attend this ceremony.
He requests the CAO provide the pertinent information to all department
heads.
4. Supervisor Chapman wishes to address some
recent outstanding accomplishments:
outstanding performance of the Lassen Grizzlie Football Team; Susanville
Supermarket receipt of IGA Stores second highest evaluation ever given
throughout all the 4200 stores in 48 states and overseas; Jason Wheeler's
outstanding performance that has led to his upcoming appearance in Orlando at
the National Country Western Music Competition.
He would like to have proclamations commending these accomplishments on
the next agenda.
5. Supervisor Chapman states that he has been
working with the CAO on the provision of hams for the Holiday Party. The cost is more than he expected when he
volunteered the board members to provide the meat. He states arrangements have been made for
department heads to help with the expense and asks each board member to donate
$30.
6. Supervisor Pyle notes the grab for Lassen
County water is again being made from the Reno area and he feels this issue
should be moved up as a priority for the Board.
7. Supervisor Dahle will be attending RCRC on
Wednesday and Thursday. On Friday he
will attend the Sierra Nevada Framework Review.
8. Supervisor Dahle announces that he may be
attending the PUC meeting to help retain the one cent fee that is used to help
keep alternative (bio-mass) energy plants running year-round. Governor Davis is proposing the removal of
this fee.
9. Supervisor Dahle states there is a need for a
speed limit sign on County Road A-2.
LASSEN
COUNTY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL
Tom
Gauthier representing the Lassen County Fire Safe Council, along with CDF Fire
Captain John Crites, provide information on the county-wide fuel reduction
projects and current plans.
He
commends CDF employees Joe Waterman and John Crites who have done a wonderful
job on a volunteer basis. He notes their
job assignments and obligations take priority and therefore he will be coming
to the Board in the future to request Title III funding. The funding will be used to hire professional
help with grant writing. He will also be
approaching the RAC for funding.
Community
Development Director Robert Sorvaag reports the Fire Safe Plan is still being
worked on. There was a setback due to an
unacceptable submittal from the hired consultant. They are going out for bid to complete the
plan.
Recess
10:17 - 10:25 a.m.
JUVENILE
HALL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Assistant
to the CAO Chris Beard provides her background in relation to Probation,
Juvenile Hall and Alcohol and Drug Programs.
She organized a core team to work on the need for mental health services
in the Juvenile Hall. She notes this
project has been a team effort and introduces the other members of the
team. LassenWORKS Program Manager Melody
Brawley, as facilitator; Assistant Chief Probation Officer Debbie Rives; Chief
Probation Officer Snerp Whipple (could not be present today); Juvenile Hall
Superintendent Roy Thiels; Mental Health Director Jim Jackson; Mental Health
Program Manager Ken Crandall; CSOC Program Manager Bill Jost; and Assistant
County Counsel Craig Settlemire.
Roy
Thiels provides information on the Juvenile Hall operations, mission and
service requirements.
Ken
Crandall provides information on the Mental Health definitions and scope of
practice under the categories: screening, assessment - medical necessity,
evaluation, medication support, rehabilitation, therapy, case management and
crisis intervention.
Debbie
Rives addresses the referral process:
Juvenile Hall (JH) intake includes physical and mental health screening;
copy goes to JH Mental Health (MH) Case Manager and JH physician; case manager
reviews and performs further screening as necessary and determines urgency; if
required, referred to MH for assessment, determination of medical necessity and
development of service delivery plan; appropriate authorizations obtained (out
of county minors); services delivered.
Craig
Settlemire provides information on the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which
has the purpose of avoiding misunderstandings and to set forth what each
party's obligations and needs are. The
MOU addresses: the description of Mental Health services to be provided
(includes on-site MH Case Manager); probation responsibilities; referral
process; dispute resolution process; allocation of financial responsibilities
(to be determined).
Chris
Beard addresses the budget considerations, noting there is an outstanding need
for $103,700.
Melody
Brawley discusses the remaining issues:
Medi-Cal eligibility for post adjudicated; Federal Medicaid eligibility
for ALL Juvenile Hall residents; 5150 transports; reimbursement rates for
services to out-of-county detainees; costs and funding for additional MH
services, i.e. therapy, rehabilitation, medication support, etc.; target
population priorities: Medi-Cal mandated services vs. 0-5, Juvenile Hall, Jail,
community services and education, etc.; recruitment and retention of staff.
Chris
Beard concludes the Good News is: we better
understand each other's mission and constraints; we agree on the needs and we
have developed a plan and an MOU. The
Bad News is: we still do not have any money and we still have potential
liability. She states they need help
from the supervisors in setting priorities.
Board
discussion is held with a consensus that the collaboration between the
departments is very encouraging.
Supervisor
Keefer is hesitant to fund a full time position (case manager) at JH with the
big workload on the outside, until more information is known. Supervisor Chapman feels the need for the
position is there, but with the State budget crisis it will be necessary to
rearrange and reassign personnel.
Noon
recess 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
CONSENT
CALENDAR
Supervisor
McCain requests that Item G-5, investigative services contract, be removed for
separate consideration.
It is
moved by Supervisor McCain, seconded by Supervisor Pyle and carried to take the
noted action on the following Consent Calendar items:
COUNTY
CLERK ITEM
Approve
Minutes of November 26, 2002.
AUDITOR
AND TREASURER DEPARTMENTS ITEM
Received
and file Treasurer's Investments Report and Auditor's verification for the
month of October, 2002.
COUNTY
COUNSEL ITEM
Reject
claim of Elizabeth Malone, in its entirety, and direct County Clerk to send
Notice of Rejection.
OFFICE
OF EMERGENCY SERVICES ITEM
Ratify
continuation of Declaration of State of Disaster / Drought Emergency in Lassen
County for 2002.
TREASURER
ITEM
Receive
and file Treasurer's Fund Balance Report for October, 2002.
MISCELLANEOUS
CORRESPONDENCE ITEMS
Receive
and file the following correspondence:
a. SUBJECT:
Lassen County Fair Advisory Board unapproved minutes for November 12,
2002.
b. Lassen
County Planning Commission and the Technical Advisory Committee (T.A.C.)
meeting dates and application deadlines for 2003.
c. Lassen County Planning Commission meeting
agenda for December 4, 2002.
d. Lassen
County Technical Advisory Committee meeting agenda for December 3, 2002.
e. Lassen
County Airport Land Use Commission meeting agenda for December 5, 2002.
f. Lassen
County In-Home Supportive Services Advisory Board special meeting agenda for
December 18, 2002.
g. Lassen Transit Service Agency meeting agenda
for December 9, 2002.
h. Lassen County Transportation Commission
agenda for December 9, 2002.
PUBLIC
DEFENDER ITEM
It is
moved by Supervisor McCain, seconded by Supervisor Keefer and carried to adopt
Resolution No. 02-085 (with a correction to the name of the Board), approving
Contract (with a correction to the dates of the contract) for investigative
services with Robert P. Grant; and authorize County Administrative Officer to
sign.
HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT - LASSEN WORKS / SOCIAL SERVICES
It is
moved by Supervisor Keefer and seconded by Supervisor Chapman to introduce
Ordinance No. 552, by title only, adding to Chapter 11.05 of Title ll of the
Lassen County Code, to establish the Board of Supervisors as the Public
Authority for In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS), pursuant to AB 1382 statutes.
Supervisor
McCain is more willing to go with a private authority rather than the public
authority as the people that will be handling the program already have their
plate too full. Supervisor Chapman
states that he seconded the motion for discussion and goes on to note that he
is not really very comfortable with the public authority. Supervisor Keefer
shares the same concerns and feels the program needs to be closely monitored
and if it is not working a change should be made without letting the train get
too far down the track.
The
motion carries on the following roll call vote:
Supervisor Chapman - YES, Supervisor Pyle - NO, Supervisor Keefer - YES,
Supervisor McCain - NO, Supervisor Dahle - YES.
HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT - MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION
It is
moved by Supervisor Pyle, seconded by Supervisor McCain and carried to approve
the Department of Mental Health Project for Assistance in Transition from
Homelessness (PATH) Grant application for FY 2002/2003; and authorize the
Mental Health Division to submit the application to the Department of Mental
Health.
COUNTY
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE - DECEMBER 31ST MEETING
Marty
Diehl from the Surveyor's Department, states that he has a couple of parcel
maps whose applicants are attempting to get recorded before the end of the
year. He does not believe all of the
requirements will be completed before the next meeting. He understands the December 31st meeting may
be cancelled and he asks if there is anything that can be done.
County
Counsel John Ketelsen suggests the maps be placed on the next agenda with
information on what requirements have not been finalized. He states that approval can be given subject
to finalization.
It is
moved by Supervisor McCain, seconded by Supervisor Chapman and carried to
cancel the meeting of December 31, 2002.
INFORMATION
FOR THE BOARD
CAO
Whiteman informs the board members that he has distributed the Governor's
proposals for budget cuts. He notes one
proposal is to eliminate 31 vacant positions in the Fish and Game Department
and another is to eliminate traffic relief funding which amounts to
approximately $400,000 for Lassen County.
CORRESPONDENCE
1. A letter from Director Dallas Jones of the
Governor's Office of Emergency Services stating the U. S. Department of
Agriculture granted a Secretarial disaster designation for Lassen County as a
Contiguous County due to agriculture losses caused by drought, is received and
filed.
2. Regional Council of Rural Counties (RCRC) Notice
of Public Meeting to Express Social and Economic Concerns to the Forest Service
as part of Sierra Nevada Framework Review to be held Friday December 13, 2002,
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at Miner's Foundry Cultural Center, 325 Spring Street,
Nevada City (530-265-5040), is received and filed.
EXCURSION
RAIL STUDY GRANT
It is
moved by Supervisor Pyle, seconded by Supervisor Chapman and carried to approve
the submittal of a letter to the Executive Secretary of the Lassen County
Transportation Commission (LCTC) in support of the LCTC's Excursion Rail
Feasibility Study Grant Application through the CalTrans Division of Planning.
PG&E
PIT RIVER RELICENSING
It is
moved by Supervisor Keefer, seconded by Supervisor Pyle and carried to
authorize
sending a letter to Representative Wally Herger, Congressman John Doolittle,
Deb Romberger, USFS, Chief Regional Forrester Jack Blackwell and Lassen
National Forest Supervisor Ed Cole, regarding PG&E Pit River 3, 4, & 5
Power Houses Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) relicensing permit,
expressing the belief that the Forest Service must provide an environmental and
a socio-economic impact study of the entire watershed that includes the impact
of their recommendations before they are submitted to FERC.
There
being no further business, the meeting is adjourned at 2:00 p.m.
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CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
ATTEST:
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THERESA
NAGEL, CLERK OF THE BOARD